i used to do all the bookings for our band at the time, and always had the fixture in front of me before confirming dates.

Now the real stuff begins

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WADA medical director Dr Alan Vernec describes Essendon* FC drug case as biggest scandal in team sport the world of sport has seen. #WC2WB

#GUILTY

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THEY LIKE TO SEND UP!!!!!!!!

Until each team plays each other the same number of times, the AFL, as a fair dinkum competition, cannot be taken seriously.

He (Mr Swann) said the honour and pride associated with the club's traditional navy blue jumper was priceless.

Doing exactly that......

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I'm shocked to be sitting here

Intra was last night, RR has a brief report for us in TalkingNorthern. Searched high and low I see.

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29 different attributes,
And only 7 that you like;
20 ways to see the world,
Or 20 ways to start a fight.

As the late Al Davis used to say...JUST WIN BABY!!!

Go Blues.

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Blue blood is running through these veins!!! Go Blueys!!!

SAME !!

WA - REPRESENT !

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*(grow - fun - gah)

Yeah but whatabout your whataboutism.

Searched Carlton and Training...didn't think a Carlton intra would be under Northern

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Mens sana in corpore sano.

Bring back the laurel wreath logo!!!

I agree that we need to get better at this but think we are employing more avenues to goal:

1) the bomb, aim that hampson or other talls can mark (eg. Eddie the Eagle ) or smalls crumb (eg. Eddie the Eel... )

2) spot up a leading forward, eg. Waite, Eddie (eg. Murphy spotting Simpson, I think?)

3) garlett's paddock

We can also come from out wide or go up the middle.

Match was sub-VFL standard but quite entertaining.

Jamison and Duigan are ready to go for next week - both looked great.

Kerr, Ellard and Warnock were back. Ellard was a ball magnet as usual. Kerr got a fair bit of it but didn't use it as well as Ellard.

Warnock won lots of taps against smaller opposition and Ellard collected many of them - trouble being that he was on the opposing team in the first half.

AJ was good. Rowe was given a bath by Jamo. Watson was matched up on the VFL reserve grade resting ruckmen so didn't have much opposition and, as usual, didn't dominate as one might have hoped he would.

McInness was decent. Heyne and Carter weren't. Bootsma was okay. No other AFL listed players.

Jamo, Duigan, Warnock and Ellard also did a bunch of extra running after the game, which was only 4 x 15 minutes.

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Hey Rocky; there are too many rabbits ... in China.

Thanks River. Much appreciated.
Was it an open session yesterday or do you just have your ways?

Feeling good about this one, 7 sleeps out.

One of the defenders will come in, that being Jamison. No point being Duigan in yet. Let him have another game or two. Defence is function well, no need to bring in two blokes lacking game time. One's definitely and that has to be Jamison, who generally goes well first up.

Jamison for Russell this week. Some will be stiff when Duigan and Walker are ready. We tried Bower on a wing at times pre-season, and he went well enough, with a view to doing that at times during the season proper. In current form that may happen once both Jamison and Duigan come in.

Wonder if we'll surprise everyone, including us, and play Jamison at CHF. In the very short time he's been forward he looked born to play there. Looked a true Carlton forward too kicking lots of points...lol! It's always been something in the back of the coaches mind. Can be done given the form of the backmen.

To do so would probably require dropping Thornton. (Lack of second ruck would make Hampson required). Be a brave, bordering on unnecessary move for mine.

Otherwise, we'd probably go in too tall against a side with as many midfield rotations as any in the competition.

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BLUES 2010: PAV AND JUDD = FLAGS. DOING IT FOR THE LOVE OF DICK PRATT.

HAVE YOU SIGNED UP FOR TALKINGCARLTON SUPERCOACH 2009 YET?

Most clubs are going in long and high hoping for a mark or crumb and also the the 3rd option of a stoppage deep inside 50 so they could set up the press and score a goal as the oppostion tried to find space to get the ball out of their defensive 50. We score a large chunk of our score this way. Against brisbane our contested ball and our press was so good we hit the scoreboard hard and the press also made it hard for them to get any system. SO hard they only scored 3 goals after 1/4 time.

Although bombing it in to a tall or even eddie may look like a bland attack i feel it really sets us up a lot of our score.

Our system is built around our strength. Winning contested ball. All our losses last year were because we were beaten in contested ball.
If we win it and get the ball in deep the opposition will struggle from that point and we are far more likely to score than them.

I think our system looked pretty tight against the bears. They got through our press early due to poor tackling efforts and we struggled with the slippery ball. We tweaked our gameplan at 1/4 time and they could no longer get through and from their our system was awesome.

THis week against the maggies we get a look at whether our system holds up against one of the best and a team that designed most of our system.

Cant wait to watch it unfold.

Feeling a lot more confidant against them now Buckley is in charge.

Siegfried with the zone forwards cannot find space to lead into.
It's like basketball or soccer if you can't go through you have to go around or over.
This is the reason we switch play for one and now with our talls been fit you pop the ball deep up over a defenders head for the forward to use as a step ladder or for it to come to ground for the crumbers.
At the very least you can force a stopage and let our exctractors at it.

If Jamo is right to come in this week, I'd expect a taller player to be dropped. Otherwise, I think our team balance is upset.

I suppose then it becomes a choice between Bower & T-Bird. Either would be unlucky. Bower probably has a slight edge in current form, but T-Bird's ability to play both ends makes him harder to drop, IMO.

If Jamo needs another week, give it to him. It's more important for him to be set up for a long season than play Round 3 (even if it is against Collingwood).

And I'd rather persist with JR for another week than rush Duigan back...

Tuohy Jamo/Bower Laidler
Yarran Hendo JR
Simmo Judd Scotland
Carrazzo Waite Garlett
Betts Hammer Robbo

Kreuzer Gibbs Murphy

Curnow Lucas T-Bird
Armfield (sub)

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It's never as good as it looks and it's never as bad as it seems.

I think Bower is a better fallback on Cloke or Dawes than T-Bird.

I'd expect JR out for Jamo only at this stage, Army possibly for Duigan, but Army could be a good matchup for Thomas.

Thanks for the support; the gig's in Maryborough.

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THEY LIKE TO SEND UP!!!!!!!!

Until each team plays each other the same number of times, the AFL, as a fair dinkum competition, cannot be taken seriously.

He (Mr Swann) said the honour and pride associated with the club's traditional navy blue jumper was priceless.